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You save 200 on your new laptop. If this was a 25% savings from the original price, find the the original cost

User DJ House
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Hey there!!

Let's take the original price of the laptop as $x

Savings you get = $200

This save of $200 is 25% of the original price

If we have have this into an equation..

( 25% ) ( x ) = 200

25% = 25 percent

this would become 25 / 100

Remember =

Per cent = 100

1 dollar = 100 cents , like wise , cent = 100

Moving back on,

( 25 / 100 ) ( x ) = 200

Simplifying 25 / 200

= 1 / 4

( 1 / 4 ) ( x ) = 200

x / 4 = 200

Multiplying by 4 on both sides

x = 800

The original cost = $800

Hope my answer helps!


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